[mythtv-users] an easy one: how to set the default input (encoder) for live tv

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Wed Nov 29 17:15:42 UTC 2006


David Bennett wrote:
> Thanks to everyone things are running smoothly.
> 
> For some reason my 2nd PVR-500 seems to get a better quality picture.
> For recordings I have been able to set the prioritty so that the first
> 2 recordings default to tuner #3 and #4.
> 
> I was wondering how to set the default tuner (encoder?) for Live TV?
> When I click watch tv on any frontend it defaults to Tuner 1 Input 1.
> I would like to change it to the 2nd Tuner.
> 
> Any ideas?
> Thank you.

I forget the setting, or even where it is, but look for something like 
'avoid live tv conflicts' or 'prefer recordings over live tv', which 
will make it use the LAST tuner available, as opposed to the first. It 
should be in the frontend setup, either under general or the tv settings.

Tom



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